Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses: And 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes

MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES

AND

7 Other Silly Old Rhymes RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY

Nancy Patz

MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES And 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes

MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES And 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY

Nancy Patz

Moses Supposes His Toeses are Roses Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10010 For more ebooks, visit us at: http://www.ipicturebooks.com Copyright (c) 1983 by Nancy Patz Blaustein All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. e-ISBN 1-58824-242-0 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA

Patz, Nancy. Moses supposes his toeses are roses and 7 other silly old rhymes. SUMMARY: Includes “Algie and the Bear,” “The Tooter,” and “Dizzy McPete.” 1. Nursery rhymes. [1. Nursery rhymes] I. Title. PZ8.3.P27364Mo 1983 398`.8 82-3099

To my father, Harry J. Patz

BETTY BOTTER

Betty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, “the butter’s bitter! If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter. “But a bit of better butter— That will make my batter better!”

So she bought a bit of butter— Better than her bitter butter—

And she put it in her batter, And her batter was’t bitter. Wasn’t it better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter?

Bet your bonnet, Betty Botter!

SWEETIE

MAGUIRE

“FIRE! FIRE!” said Sweetie Maguire.

“Where? Where?” said Mrs. O’Hair.

“Down the street!” said Teenie-Feet.

“Get some water!” said her daughter.

“Jump! Jump!” said Mr. Plump.

“Don’t be silly!” said Willy-Nilly. “What’s in the cupboard?” said Old Pa Hubbard. “A squishy fish,” said Lickitty-Dish. “Is that all?” said Mr. Ball. “And enough, too!” said Mrs. Chew. And . . .

away they flew!

Away they flew!

DIZZY McPETE

A fellow named Dizzy McPete Is always exceedingly neat. When he gets out of bed, He stands on his head To be sure he won’t dirty his feet!

Neat!

ALGIE AND THE BEAR

Algie met a bear. The bear met Algie.

The bear was bulgy. The bulge was Algie.

THE TOOTER

A tooter who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two tooters to toot. “Toot-toot!” said the tooters. “Tut-tut!” said the tutor. “It’s harder to tutor . . .

. . . than toot!” So he tooted to Kalamazoo, Where he dreamt he was eating a shoe.

He awoke in the night With a terrible fright And found it was perfectly true!

Cuckoo!

MARY AND HER LITTLE LAMB

Mary had a little lamb. It was a greedy glutton. She fed it ice cream all day long And now it’s frozen mutton.

ESAU AND KATE

sau

saw th

at I saw Kate

an d I saw Esau w a s saw e t a K

dE an I saw Esau saw te Ka

at h t

sau kissing Ka E w a te Is

an d

MOSES AND HIS TOESES

Moses supposes his toeses are roses,

But Moses supposes erroneously,

For nobody’s toeses we knowses are roses,

As Moses supposes his toeses to be!